52 THE COASTAL BEND MAGAZINE • Winter 2018-19 TheCoastalBend.com 52 THE COASTAL BEND MAGAZINE • Winter 2018-19 TheCoastalBend.com Surviving the Next Big One Building Methods that are Working In each installment of Port A Rebuild, we explore building methods that are successfully surviving Category 4+ hurricanes, like Harvey, and the technol- ogy behind their survivability. Many of the methods that offer higher levels of survivability are not particularly complex or expensive, and can be retrofit into your current property’s design during the eight months of the year that are not Hurricane Season. If you are building new or rebuilding after storm damage, you should check with your contractors about what hurricane- resistent building methods are being implemented, and the cost and time associated with implemented the basic methods that are illustrated and explained below: